Horseshoe



` 1,496,511 D. W. AITLMAN HORSESHOE Filed Nov. 15, 1.920

Patented .lune 3, 1924.

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DAVID "i/V. ALLE/IAN, OF TOBJONTQ, ONTARIO, CANADA.

HORSESHOE.

Application filed November 15, 1820. Serial No. 424,28*?.

T all w/wm t may concern.'

Be it known that l, DAVID lV. ALLMAN, a subject of the King of Great Britain., and resident of the city of rl`oronto, in the county of York, the Province oi'Ontario, in the Dominion otCanada, have invented certain new and useiul Improvements in Horseshoes, described in the following specilication and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, that form a part of the same.

The principal objects of the invention are, to obviate the objectionable conditions in the fastening of shoes to horses feet and to provide a form of shoe which will hold securely without requiring the use of nails er without otherwise defacing the hoof.

A 1further and important object is to facilitate the placing of the shoe upon the hoot and still 'further to protect the tender portions of the hoof Jfrom injury.

The principal feature of the invention consists in the novel construction of a shoe supporting member adapted to be secured to the foot and of the means for fastening said member' to the hoof, whereby a plate to which the shoe'is fastened is held against the bottom ot the hoof by metallic strips and said strips are secured in place by a flexible band encircling the hoof.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a horses hooi" showing my improved shoe attached thereto.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the shoe removed from the hoof.

Fig. is an enlarged longitudinal see` tional View of a slight modification in the construction ot' the member for holding the ends of the flexible connecting member.

Fig. 4 is a rear elevational view of a further modification of means for adjusting the flexible fastening member.

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view through the adjusting means illustrated in Fig. 4 showing the supporting bracket and the rear non-slip pad. e

The shoe consists of a plate 1 which is formed to the shape ot' the bottom of the hooil and it is preferably provided with the upturned toe clips 2 at either side of the forward portion.

Slots 3, 4: and 5 are eut through the plate adjacent to the center of the toe and transversely opposite at the sides.

A strip 6 of thin metal the width of the sa slots e and 5 extends across the top of the of the plate and passes 'downwardly through the slot 3 and upwardly at the toe of the shoe.

The ends of the strips 6 and 8 are formed' with beads 9 in which is inserted a flexible wire 10 which is adapted to encircle the horses hoof.

At the rear of the plate 1 is secured an angle bracket 11 having a longitudinal passage 12 through which the ends of the wire are threaded. The shoe proper or wearing portion 13 is of the ordinary type of horseshoe and is secured to the plate 1 in any desirable manner by means of rivets, bolts, or screws, and it may be provided with suitable calks 14 Jfor gripping the pavement.

In placing this shoe upon a hoof a shoe is selected to lit the hootand it is inserted into the loose and open wire loop 10. The horse is then caused to rest its weight upon the shoe and one end of the wire is hooked over one side of the bracket 11. The other end is drawn up tight so as to draw the ends of the strips 6 and 8 tightly into engage ment therewith.V Then the wire is bent back over the bracket as seen in Fig. 2. 1t is thus securely held and a shoe cannot become dislodged from the toot but will wear until the bottom portion is worn away and even then the foot will not be exposed.

It will be readily seen that the plate will protect the horses hoof from injury from stones and other rough obstructions but being open at the hack it will not interfere with ventilation and will not injure the foot.

lt may be found desirable to allow for eXpansion in the fastening member and this may be accomplished in a very simple manner. as illustrated in Fig. 3, where the tubular member 15 is Jformed on the bracket 11 and one and of the wire is hooked around one end ot the tube and the other end is passed through a coil spring 16 and secured thereto so that the liexibility of the spring will be the connection between the ends of the wire 10. I

1n 4 I show a further modilcationof this adjustable feature in'. the form of a slide-Way 17 secured to the back of the bracket, and in this slide-Way are arranged a pair of slides 18 having outwardly projecting lugs i9 through which a bolt 2O is inserted. A compression spring 21 is ar ranged under the nut oit the bolt. slides 18 are secured to the ends of the Wire 10 and it will be seen that any desired tension may be placedv upon the Wire by tightening the bolt.

In Fig. 5 I show a pad 22 ot rubber or `other non-slipping material secured to the bottom o1" the plate below the bracket l1, which pad will extend between the heel portions of the shoe 13 and will engage the road surface Yand'prevent the horse from slipping.

A horseshoe such as 'described is er;- tremely simple and may be readily fitted to horses feet, and when the shoe is Worn it may be easily and quickly removed to have a new facing or Wearing portion ate tached thereto. It dispenses withv the use of nails and will be a distinct advantage to the horse, both in respect to health and actual wearing conditions.

What I claim as my invention is l. A horseshoe comprising` a plate carrying a shoe, flexible metal strips secured to the plate and adapted toembrace the hoof, a flexible band connecting' the ends of said strips and adapted to encircle the hoof. and a. spiral compression spring arranged between the ends of said flexible band.

2. A horseshoe'comprising a metal plate carrying` a Wearingshoe member on the The under side and having slots therethrough adjacent to the sides and to the toe, a flat metal. strip extending across the top oi the plate and laced through the side walls and extendingbeneath and upwardly around the outer edge of the plate, a metal strip placed through the front slot of the plate, said strips being adapted to extend upwardly alongside the hoof and having looped extremities, a. iiexible wire extendingthrough said loops, and flexible means 'lor connecting' the ends ot said adjustable wire.

3. A horseshoe comprisingr a plate having Flexible stripssec-ured thereto adapted to embrace the hoot, a bracket secured to the back of said plate and having' a tubular upper end, a. wire adapted to encircle the hoot and secured in the ends oi said strips and having' its ends overlapping and extending` through the tubular portion of thel bracket, one end being secured to said bracket, and a spiral compression spring secured in the tubular end of the bracket and engaging the free end of the wire.

4. fr horseshoe comprising a plate having; metal strips secured thereto and eX- tending upwardly to embrace the hoot, a bracket extending upwardly from the rear ot the plate, a vflexible Wire adapted to encircle the hooi and connectingthe ends of said meta-l strips, means adjustably supported in said l 1acket connected to the ends ot said wire. and resilient means tor connectinp` said adjustable means.

DAVID lV. ALLMAN. 

